York and Lancaster Regiment

The York and Lancaster Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was active from 1881 to 1968. The regiment was created through the merger of two regiments of foot and a militia regiment, and it spent 1871-1882 in British India before being sent to Sudan on 28 February 1884 during the Mahdist War. It fought at El Teb the same day as its arrival, winning a decisive victory over the Ansar forces. The regiment returned to Dover on 22 April 1894, and it went on to fight in the Second Boer War, fighting at the Siege of Ladysmith. The regiment suffered heavy casualties at the Battle of the Somme in 1916 while fighting in France during World War I, and it fought in Norway, Sicily, Italy, Belgium, and Germany during World War II. After World War II, the regiment was posted around the world, taking part in the Suez Crisis of 1956. In 1968, the regiment was one of only two British regiments to disband instead of be amalgamated into another regiment during the reorganization of the military.